Otero Mesa is a vast landscape in the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion that hosts hosting more than 1,000 native species, thousands of ancient archeological sites, one of New Mexico’s largest untapped aquifers, and a sea of native grasses that have nearly vanished from the American West. The entire Mesa covers 1.2 million acres in reaching into Texas and New Mexico and Texas, but much of the public lands sit in New Mexico. Those Most of the public lands within this region are located in New Mexico and are managed by the Bureau of Land Management. These lands represent one of the largest intact and wildest desert grasslands remaining on public lands in the United States, and it and Otero Mesa remains primarily intact, for now. We invite you to learn more and help us protect this remarkable place.